The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-02-26

back door, shot around behind the
smoke-house, and springing over the
fence ran toward the barn.
ssWhere is that fellow, Salliep" de-
manded the old father sternlv. enter
ing the room and finding no one; ibid
he harm you. or bother any thing?'
anxiously.
HE did not, nor would he have
troubled any one else, had they not
been quite so fresh," she answered.
s.And.n CHANGING to glance out into
the barnyard, s.there he is now throw
ing out your corn for you," ending with
q merry laugh.
Sure enough. Mr.. Tramp had thrown
off his coat and was scooping out corn
for all that was in him!
.sWhat fellow" commented the old
farmer, as after few more particulars
from the girl, he went out to him.
s'See here, friend what are you up
top" he demanded rather brusquely.
up to throwing outthis load of corn
to paw for my dinner just now, after
wards. if you don't take q fancy to me
and hire me, I'll be up the road fast as
my legs will carry me-"
$50 you'd like to work. eh?"
quizzically.
mo, decidedly not; what tramp ever
didp Still for the speech of people as
we'll as to set good example for the
rising generation. expect I'll have to.
No personal consideration otherwise
would begin to tempt me-"
"Well," decided the farmer as
the fellow finished his task. ''you seem
to be a pretty fair fellow. and as l am
in need of hand just now, / believe I
will give you trial. Let me see how
we'll you understand choring this even
ing. and tomorrow morning I'll give
you trial at shocking corn
When 'sthe boys" came in that night
they had deal Of sport over the ''old
mans new hand, and carried sister
Sallie particularly s.high" over her
tramp, as. they at once dubbed him.
But the next morning in the field,
when, after tagging behind with his
team for some time, and bearing their
mischievous jibes in silence, he at
length began to gain on thom; and at
noon drove out ahead of them with his
load full and all nicely shucked. their
contempt was turned into admiration.
s.Darndest fellow to shuck corn
ever SEEM" announced the farmer that
evening. "Does it so well, so much of
| it. and pears like so easy. Can't one
| Of the boys no d candle to him."
The out come was that our tramp
found himself in q winters job, and
that too at good wages; while Sallie
had the tables rather turned on her,mis-
chievous brothers. A smart, steady
fellow and moreover q good fellow
the boys were not long in deciding.
When after few days he went to town
with the old farmer and came back
closely shaved and rugged out in a good
new suit of clothes, mot such bad
looking fellow, either" black-eyed
| Sallie was not long in deciding Then
| it became soon known that he was
really of respectable family, had left
his home, q foolish hayward. boy. and
after years of knocking about and
working his way homeward, reduced
as he had appeared at farmer Elliott's
door.
Just about the time of this discovery
the cows began to show unusual rest.
lessness at milking time, and Sallie had
| to have n hand to hold them while she
MIXED. So this task was always to be
done early in the morning or late in the
evening when the boys were either alb
sent or busy. What more natural than
that the hand should have this to do,
and very singularly, he seemed rather
to like the job. And moreover this
strange restlessness continued far into
the next spring, long after they had
.scome in'' fresh. and were supposed t.
be ON their best behavior--cows noted
hitherto for their dociiity. The dude
came over several evenings at milking
time and endeavored to soothe ant
persuade them into their olden gooC
behavior, but he only made matter.
worse. And then it often took two t.
hunt up the eggs, to hang out tht
clothes and to pick the goose-berrie'
for canning. Then it always take'
two, neither more nor less, to 60 t.
church with any thing at all like salts
faction. And when. ssto cap the sheaf,
one evening at meeting she gave tn
dude the ;smitten'' slap dab" ant
walked home with her tramp, much t.
the delight of the boys who had spit
at the dude, people figuratively begaI
ito smell mouse" And the nous
became goodly sized srat.' Abou
Christmas, there was quite an impos
ing wedding at Farmer Elliott's. and a
which black-eyed Sallie and ''he
tramp plighted themselves for bette